A fossil from the Miocene Epoch, some ten million years ago, was found to be structurally the same as the modern sandhill ... Some cranes preen themselves by adding mud to their feathers and ...

“They actually kind of paint their feathers ... risk. Sandhill cranes have a long and vulnerable breeding season, according to Richardson. Their eggs incubate for about 30 days, and young ...

As dawn broke in the eastern sky, it was -5 degrees on a crystal clear February morning at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico. The sky ...

Arrivals and departures are staggered over several weeks, but at peak stopover, it's one of the great sights of natural ...

Once they find their mate, sandhill cranes usually lay two eggs, which take about a month to hatch and over two months to become independent. From then on, they can live for up to 20 years or more.

With their lanky legs and slender necks, sandhill cranes stand roughly three to four feet tall. Their bodies are covered in grayish-brown feathers, except for a patch of crimson on their heads.

“It’s a birder’s paradise,” park ranger David Young noted. The cranes, with their distinctive red foreheads and gray feathers, fly to Alabama from the Great Lakes annually. The sandhill ...

Wisconsin needs hunters and non-hunters to work together to support natural resources. A sandhill crane season will only cause a larger divide between both groups.

Sean Leone got up before the crack of dawn last month to catch a rare sight right outside his house on Fish Lake, Indiana: thousands of sandhill cranes. With their tall gray bodies and a hint of ...

Sandhill cranes and other birds are arriving at places like Navarino State Wildlife Area in Shawano County. The spring season may only be about a week old, but Navarino Nature Center Assistant ...

A KETV producer recently went to central Nebraska to see the sandhill crane migration.Matt Brown shared video of his experience in Gibbon at the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary ...